Final Exam Vocabulary Review

English 9

Ms. Torchia

IRATE

Angry; furious; mad

RANCOR

Resentment; bitterness; hatred

MANDATORY

Obligatory; not optional; necessary

CHRONIC

Ongoing; habitual

CAPRICIOUS

Unpredictable; changeable; impulsive

VERSATILE

Flexible; adaptable; capable of doing many things

DIGRESS

Deviate; stray off topic

DEVOID

Empty; lacking

INTERMINABLE

Without end; never ending

COGENT

Convincing; forceful

SUBSIDE

Collapse; cave in; sink or fall to one side

DILAPIDATED

In ruins; falling to pieces; destroyed

BOISTEROUS

Energetic; loud and noisy; rough in manner; animated

ACCLIMATE

To get used to; adapt; adjust

CREDENCE

Belief; confidence

COMMEMORATE

To honor; memorialize; remember

REDUNDANT

Repetitive; more than necessary

DORMANT

Inactive; latent

GARRULOUS

Extremely talkative

CONCISE

Brief; expressed in few words

CRUCIAL

Vital; essential; fundamental

OPPORTUNE

Well-timed; convenient; appropriate

RESILIENT

Tough; durable; resistant

ADVENT

Arrival; beginning; start of

POMPOUS

Pretentious; arrogant; self-involved

ABRIDGE

To shorten; condense

BLAND

Mild; without flavor; tasteless

TAUT

Firm; tight; rigid

ABSTAIN

To refrain from

WONT

Habitual; custom

CADAVEROUS

Deathly pale; gaunt

RANCID

Rotten; spoiled

IMPERIAL

Pertaining to an empire; royalty

POTENT

Strong; powerful

CONFORM

To adjust to fit in

ACCELERATE

To speed up

EMANCIPATE

To set free

DETRIMENTAL

Harmful; damaging

UNKEMPT

Messy; unorganized

DISCREET

Subtle; tactful

BLEAK

Dreary; miserable; hopeless

CLARIFY

To make clear

MALICE

Ill-will; bad feelings towards another

DISPEL

Disperse; scatter; drive away

DEJECTED

In low spirits

SYMMETRICAL

Balanced; even on both sides; well proportioned

AGITATE

Stir up; excite

ANIMOSITY

Intense hatred; dislike

DEVOUT

Attentive to religious duties

ABHOR

Detest; loathe; extreme hatred

REPLENISH

To refill

BLITHE

Carefree and light-hearted

HOMOGENEOUS

Uniform; consistent; the same

SQUALID

Filthy; dirty

BIZARRE

Odd; eccentric; strange

ABSOLVE

Free from guilt; pardon; forgive

OMNIPOTENT

All powerful; of unlimited power

ERR

To make a mistake

LURK

To lie in wait; hidden

SARCASM

Verbal irony; cynicism

INSUPERABLE

Unable to be defeated or conquered; unbeatable

COSMOPOLITAN

Feeling at home in any environment; sophisticate

BIASED

Prejudice; partial to one side

WHIMSICAL

Having idle notions; fanciful

EMINENT

Distinguished; well-known; famous